Egerton MS 2733

REGISTER Of charters, etc., of the Abbey of Peterborongh, compiled soon after 1253; with additions made early ni the reign of Edward I. Latin. The volume is apparently, that referred to by Tanner, Notitia Monastica, 1744, p. 372, as " The White Book, penes Robertum Wingfield, mil., 1636 " (see below); being so called as distinguished from " The Black Book," a Register now in the possesion of the Soc. of Antiquaries, MS. No. 60 (see Dugdale, ed. 1817, vol. i. p. 372).

1. Table of contents, headed " Carte et indulgencie Abbati et monachis de Burgo concesse." f. 4. Preceded (f. 3 b) by a list of the additions (artt. 2-4).

2. " Inquisicio facta de aquis abbatis et conventus a ponte de Walmesford [Wandsford, co. Northt.] usque ad molendina de Alwalton," etc. ; 23 May, 1272. f. 6 b.

3. " De piscaria de Welles " : extent of the abbey fishery at Well [Upwell and Outwell], Elm and Wisbech, co. Camb.; with a record of the withdrawal by Osbern Brest, of Welle, of a claim to fishingrights, circ. F. of All Saints, 12 Edw. I. [1284]. f. 8.

4. " Assisa panis, tempore regis Edwardi fil. regis Henirici quarti [Hen.III.],per pistore sipsius regis Edwardi probata." f.10b.

5. Series of sixty numbered charters and papal privileges, beginning with the " Relacio Hedde abbatis, quomodo incipiente Christianitate Mediterraneorum Anglorum initiatum sit Medeshamstedense monasterium et subsequentibus privilegiis confirmatum " (see Dugdale, vol. i. p. 375), and extending in (late from Wulfere, Kin- of the Mercians, A.D. 664, to Henry III., and (nos. 49-60) from Pope Agatho, A.D. 680 [a leaf after f. 104, containing the date, has been cut out], to Innocent IV., A.D. 1249. f. 11 b.

6. " De hiis qui tenent [feoda] militum de abbate de Burgo ": list of holders of knights' fees, circ. 1260, with an inquisition (f. 133 b) de feodis militum de honore Burgi in comitatu Norhamtonie," etc., 27 Hen. III. [1242-3]. f. 125.

7. " Duo priuilegia Gregorii pape [IX.] de Gosberkirke [co. Line.] et aliis rebus." f. 144 b.

8. " Nomina Auglicana insita in cartis autiquorum Regum Anglie et adhuc apposita in cartis modernorum"; with explanations in French. f. 145 b.

9. " De warda de Rokyngham " [co. Northt.], followed by sheriffs' aids, etc., in various hundreds. f. 148.

10. " Transeriptum maneriorum et tenencium Abbacie Burgi duiersis comitatibus, secundum quod contuietur in le domesday in thessauraria dui. Regis apud Westmonasterium, tempore Edwardi regis primi." f. 159.

11. " De tute mancre de peys et de niesures ky vm vend ": weights and measures as used for different commodities. f. 174.

12. " Assisa panis in maiori aula Westmonasterii de pistoribus dni. Regis Anglie "; 15 May, 1253. f. 175 b.

13. " Consuetudines in festo apost. Petri et Pauli ": list of customary payments in kind. f. 177.

14. " Hec sunt debita de quibus abbas de Burgo S. Petri debet acquietare vicecomitem Norhamtonie super compotum suum ad seaccarium "; with assarts, rents of assize, etc. f. 178 b.

15. " Magna carta " and " Carta de Foresta " of Henry III. ; 1217. ff. 180 b, I 90 b. On f. 2 b is inscribed, in a 15th-cent. hand, " Liber cartarlim et privilegiorum Joliannis Trikyngham, prioris "; and a list of his books, including one with the same title, has been added on f. 1 b, in a hand of the 16th cent. Vellum; ff. 199 (a few having been cut out in various places), measuring 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches. Bound in wooden boards, covered with two layers of white doe-skun. On f. 1 b is the following inscription (see above) signed "W"[ingfield]. "Ex dono consanguinii mei nobilissimi Doinini Fizwilliams de Milton," i.e. William Fitzwilliam of Milton, cr. Lord Fitzwilliam of Lifford, 1620, ob. 1644, whose great-aunt, Christian, married Sir Richard Wingfield. Duodecimo.